HB975: HB975 Supplemental appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026

Georgia's state budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025 was originally set by Act No. 73, signed by the Governor on May 9, 2025. House Bill 975 is a supplemental appropriations bill, meaning it would revise that existing budget rather than create a new one from scratch. The bill text supplied here consists mainly of the structural boilerplate that surrounds Georgia budget bills: it states that Part I of the prior Act is being struck and replaced with updated appropriations language, that the bill takes effect once the Governor signs it or it becomes law without a signature, and that conflicting laws are repealed. The specific dollar figures and line items for state agencies, schools, and other programs that would actually change are not included in the excerpt provided, so the concrete funding changes cannot be described from this text alone.

• Amends Act No. 73, the General Appropriations Act for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, by replacing its Part I appropriations language with a revised version.
• Restates that the money appropriated funds the operation of state government departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, institutions, the university system, common schools, counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions.
• Sets the bill to take effect as soon as the Governor signs it or as soon as it becomes law without the Governor's signature.
• Repeals any existing laws that conflict with the bill's provisions.

State government agencies and departments, the University System of Georgia, local school districts, counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions that receive funding through the state budget are all touched by this supplemental appropriations bill.

Because this bill revises the state's already-enacted budget for the current fiscal year, it could shift how much money various state agencies, schools, or local governments receive before the fiscal year ends. The supplied text does not include the specific dollar amounts being changed.

• Part I strikes the existing Part I appropriations text of Act No. 73 and substitutes new appropriations language for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025.
• Part II sets the effective date as the date of the Governor's approval or the date the bill becomes law without approval.
• Part III repeals any laws or parts of laws that conflict with this Act.

1. 2026-01-16House Second Readers (House)
2. 2026-01-15House First Readers (House)
3. 2026-01-15House Hopper (House)

• Jon Burns (R, HD-159)Primary sponsor
• Jan Jones (R, HD-047)
• Chuck Efstration (R, HD-104)
• James Hatchett (R, HD-155)

• state budget
• Georgia appropriations
• supplemental budget
• state government funding